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1969 CONCACAF Championship


FieldValue
tourney_nameCONCACAF Championship
year1969
other_titlesCampeonato de Naciones de CONCACAF 1969
caption1969 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
countryCosta Rica
dates23 November – 7 December
num_teams6
confederations1
venues1
cities1
championCRC
count2
secondGUA
thirdANT
third-flagvar1959
fourthMEX
matches15
goals43
top_scorerCRC Víctor Ruiz
(4 goals)
prevseason1967
nextseason1971

| third-flagvar = 1959 (4 goals) The 1969 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament was held between 23 November to 8 December. Six teams participated in the tournament playing in the round-robin format to determine the winner. A late application by Haiti was rejected.

The event was hosted by Costa Rica in the city of San José. The tournament was won by the host nation, for the second time after 1963, by tying defending champions Guatemala 1–1 in the deciding final match. Mexico used players from a second-level league.

Qualifying tournament

1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

  • (Hosts)
  • (Defending Champions)

Venue

{{Location map+Costa Ricafloat=centerwidth=300caption=places=San José[[File:Antiguo Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.jpg200px]]
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 25,000

Final tournament

Sáenz Dawkins

Fión

Sabater

Cascante

Salamanca Valdez Meulens

Douglas Haynes Hamilton

Sáenz

Martijn


Barba


Elizondo

Martis


Awards

Scorers

;4 goals

  • CRC Víctor Ruiz ;3 goals
  • GUA Nelson Melgar
  • GUA Marco Fión ;2 goals
  • CRC Álvaro Cascante
  • CRC Roy Sáenz
  • CRC Jaime Grant
  • ANT Carlos Regales
  • ANT Melvin Loefstok
  • ANT Martijn
  • ANT Adelbert Toppenberg
  • TRI Ulrich Haynes ;1 goal
  • CRC Carlos Santana
  • CRC Wálter Elizondo
  • CRC Vicente Wanchope
  • GUA Tomás Gamboa
  • GUA Daniel Salamanca
  • GUA Rolando Valdez
  • ANT Edgar Meulens
  • ANT Ismael Croes
  • MEX Francisco Mancilla
  • MEX Alfonso Sabater
  • MEX José Crespo
  • MEX Leopoldo Barba
  • TRI Everald Cummings
  • TRI Keith Douglas
  • JAM Delroy Scott
  • JAM Joshua Hamilton
  • JAM David Largie ;Own goals
  • JAM Edwin Dawkins (for Costa Rica)

Team of the Tournament

Source:

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
CRC Rodolfo UmañaANT Erwin Melfor
GUA Horacio Hasse
CRC Walter ElizondoCRC Jaime Grant
ANT Ronald MartisCRC Roy Sáenz
GUA Marco Fión
CRC Víctor Ruiz
ANT Carlos Regales
GUA Nelson Melgar

References

References

  1. (18 November 1969). "Méxicó escogió su delegación para el Cuarto Norceca". [[La República (Costa Rica).
  2. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mex-intres6069.html RSSSF – Mexico - International Results Details 1960-1969]
  3. Match originally scheduled on 25 November, it was posponed due to weather conditions.
  4. "IV Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1969 - Match Details".
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